Comparison

Timer for HIIT training vs Interval Timer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Timer for HIIT training

This interval training app helps you manage your workouts for various activities like cycling, running, weightlifting, and HIIT. It offers customizable timers for sets, repetitions, and pauses, with visual cues to guide your sessions.

Highlights
  • Customizable time settings
  • Customizable number of series
  • Customizable number of repetitions
  • Pause and resume sessions
  • Visual cue screen color changes
Features
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This app is an awesome training timer, whether you're working on cycling, running, lifting weights, exercise, workout, stretching, boxing, MMA or HIIT, this interval timer will prove to be an invaluable asset for your HIIT interval training. This app can be used as HIIT timer, tabata timer, round timer, and anything else about interval training you want to track. Tabata timer is a full featured, easy to use Tabata timer Crossfit HIIT Interval training, kettle bells, running, cycling, or any interval fitness training. FEATURES: * Customize all time settings * Customize number of series * Customize number of repetitions * pause and resume session * screen changecolor for visual cue

About

Interval Timer

This interval timer is designed for HIIT and interval training. Easily set work and rest periods, sets, and rounds to guide your workouts. It supports background operation and music playback, with an Apple Watch companion app for heart rate monitoring.

Highlights
  • Customizable work and rest periods
  • Set number of sets and rounds
  • Background operation support
  • Music playback compatibility
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Heart rate monitoring (Apple Watch)
Features
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This app is handy interval timer that helps you keep track of your work and rest periods during your HIIT interval training and workouts. The application is very easy to use, enter the Work, Rest, Sets, Rounds and start workout. You can listen to music during workouts or use the timer in the background. There is also app on the Apple Watch that will allow you to monitor your heart rate during workouts. Apple Watch app features: - iCloud sync with iPhone - integration with the Health app - monitoring heart rate during workouts

Screenshots

Timer for HIIT training4 screens
Interval Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Timer for HIIT training at none against Interval Timer's 1. Interval Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 37 months) and ratings volume (246 vs 10). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Interval Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Timer for HIIT training asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Interval Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Interval Timer has 246 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Timer for HIIT training's written reviews are positive against 84% of Interval Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timer for HIIT training ships an update every 37 months, Interval Timer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Timer for HIIT training versus Interval Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimer for HIIT trainingInterval Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (10 ratings)4.9 (246 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews83.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10246 — better
Update frequencyEvery 37 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergio Musoles TornadorYosyp Hameliak

Customer experience

Timer for HIIT training

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Interval Timer

All ratings246 ratings
Positive97.6%
Neutral0.8%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews85 reviews
Positive83.5%
Neutral4.7%
Negative11.8%

In-app purchases

None

Timer for HIIT training

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Interval Timer

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99

Questions

Is Timer for HIIT training free?
Timer for HIIT training is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Interval Timer free?
Interval Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Timer for HIIT training or Interval Timer?
Interval Timer is rated higher. Timer for HIIT training averages 4.7 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Interval Timer averages 4.9 from 246 ratings.
Do Timer for HIIT training or Interval Timer have ads?
Both Timer for HIIT training and Interval Timer show ads.
Which is updated more often, Timer for HIIT training or Interval Timer?
Timer for HIIT training ships an update every 37 months, and Interval Timer every 2 months. Most recently, Timer for HIIT training was updated on June 1, 2026 and Interval Timer on September 28, 2026.

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